Determinantes del rendimiento en las pruebas Saber - 11 en Antioquia para los años 2017 a 2019 y su comparación con otras regiones con características similares

Abstract

Education determines a large part of the quality of life of people, wages and opportunities are closely related to it, so it is a complex issue for which it is decided to look for the determinants, such as institutional, family, socioeconomic and individual characteristics, which influence the educational quality for the department of Antioquia. An Ordinary Least Squares model is used, where the dependent variable is the global score on the Saber - 11 tests from 2017 to 2019. The results indicate that the most important determinants of the academic performance of students in Antioquia are socioeconomic characteristics such as stratum or access to public services, family characteristics such as education and occupation of the parents; and characteristics of the institution such as the day, the character (official or private), the gender (male, female or mixed) and the quality of the teachers. In addition to new variables included such as food, use of free time and access to books.